Seize the Birthday: October 2021

Thursday, October 28, 2021

Seize the Birthday #226- Make a Sunset Scene

Welcome to another Seize the Birthday Challenge, and we hope this post finds you doing well. Design Team member Colleen has a fun topping for us this time around! Remember that our topping is always optional, you can always just make a birthday card and or project and play along!

Let's go check it out!

If you're not a toppings kinda person, well.....you can just
stick with our usual "Anything Goes" Birthday!

The choice is yours!

Just remember to keep it a Birthday Theme!

Surprise Party Guest

Carol

The Design Team

Ashwini

Barbara

Cathy

Colleen

Glenda

JoAnn

Jules

Lindsey

Nancy

Shirley

TaeEun

Vicki

Have fun and let the celebration begin!!!

Challenge Rules (to keep things fair):

1. You must make a BIRTHDAY PROJECT, however our topping is always optional.

2. You may link up to 3 projects for each challenge.

3. Please add a direct link to your blog or to an online gallery.

4. Please include one of our graphics and a link back to our blog.

5. You may combine this challenge with up to 4 other challenges.

6. When using digital images they must have been coloured by hand.

7. As always, please have fun! All products are welcome!

This linky will close at 9am (PST) on Tuesday, November, 9th.

Winners for #225 Use a Stencil

Hi everyone, it's time to announce the winners for our last challenge. There were so many wonderful entries in the gallery and loads of cards using the stencilling topping. Choosing the winners wasn't easy, but here they are...

Congratulations!

Julie B

This cow is so adorable and I love how Julie used a torn post-it note

for the aperture and a punch for the stencil, so effective!

and

Helen F

Helen's blooms are so beautifully coloured and detailed, gorgeous one layered card.

You both managed to "Take the Cake" this week!!

We hope you will enjoy your Winner's Badge!

Now, this week's Runner Ups who will be receiving

"Birthday Honours" are...

Congratulations!

Claire

and

Janet

and

Kathy K

We hope you ALL will enjoy your "Honours" badge.

Now, stick around because in one hour,

we will be posting our new challenge

for the next two weeks!

So please stay tuned!

Cathy

Sunday, October 24, 2021

Reminder #225- Use a Stencil

There is still plenty of time to join us for our topping of...

If you're not a topping kinda person well, you can just

stick with our usual "Anything Goes" Birthday!

The choice is yours!

Just remember to make it a Birthday theme!

You can scroll down to find the challenge or click HERE!

You have until 9AM (PST) on October, 26th to join us!

Happy Crafting!

NANC'

Thursday, October 14, 2021

Seize the Birthday #225-Use a Stencil

Welcome to another challenge here at Seize the Birthday! Before I get to our fun and easy topping ( selected by Cathy) that we know you all will enjoy, I would like to welcome our next Surprise Party Guest that will be with us to finish out this year.

Please help me welcome...

Carol McFarland!

Here is a bit about her:

I am a recently retired high school and community college Spanish, English as a Second Language, and Literacy teacher. My stamping hobby started decades ago with teacher stamps and scrapbooking. The first “trick" I ever learned in stamping was masking, and even carving some of my own stamps. I like all aspects of stamping and enjoy a challenge such as figuring out how something was made. Currently, I am enjoying joining challenges and continuously seeing new ideas online. There are so many incredibly talented people in this hobby to learn from and I have made so many nice friends along the way.

We are so happy to have you, Carol!

Now to our topping!

Our "Topping" option this time is...

If you're not a toppings kinda person, well.....you can just
stick with our usual "Anything Goes"Birthday!

The choice is yours!

Just remember to keep it a Birthday Theme!

Surprise Party Guest

Carol

The Design Team

Ashwini

Barbara

Cathy

Colleen

Glenda

JoAnn

Jules

Lindsey

Nancy

Shirley

TaeEun

Vicki

Have fun and let the celebration begin!!!

Challenge Rules (to keep things fair):

1. You must make a BIRTHDAY PROJECT, however our topping is always optional.

2. You may link up to 3 projects for each challenge.

3. Please add a direct link to your blog or to an online gallery.

4. Please include one of our graphics and a link back to our blog.

5. You may combine this challenge with up to 4 other challenges.

6. When using digital images they must have been coloured by hand.

7. As always, please have fun! All products are welcome!

This linky will close at 9am (PST) on Tuesday, October 26th.

Winners for # 224-Cakes

Thank you everyone for all of your wonderful creations over the past couple of weeks. It was clear that you enjoyed the Cake topping with all the fabulous cards in the gallery! As you know, you don't have to use the topping to be among the winners. Let's go see which cards caught my attention.

Congratulations!

Asa